More than 100 Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees were recognized for various achievements during the quarterly awards ceremony June 14 at the Bldg. 6 auditorium.
Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander, officiated the ceremony.
“I just want to say that I am proud of all of you and what you do ... thank you,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton first presented Army Capt. Franklin Carr, a strategic planner for the Clothing and Textiles directorate, with the Defense Meritorious Service Award.
Carr was recognized for his previous work as aide-de-camp to former DLA Troop Support Commander Maj. Gen. Stephen Shapiro, as well as assisting in humanitarian aid efforts for Iraq and Syria.
“It is a great honor to be recognized here today, particularly amongst our peers,” said Carr. “For a service member, that (recognition) continues to go on with them.”
More than 15 employees received career service certificates for 30, 35 and 40 years of government service. Patricia Scott, chief of Subsistence garrison feeding, and Kathleen Nolan, Customer Operations program management analyst, received certificates for 40 years of service.
“It is amazing how quickly the time went by,” said Nolan. “It has been a wonderful career and it is hard to imagine that it has been this much time.”
Nolan said she is grateful for the many opportunities DLA has afforded her over the years, from education, part-time work when her kids were young, being able to telework and fitness time.
Employees who volunteered during the Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day annual event were also recognized. The event is DLA Troop Support’s longest running community relations program.
“It is good to see an organization that takes the time to recognize everybody’s efforts for what they do,” said Carr. “From volunteer efforts as it was with bring your children to work day, to work with humanitarian aid efforts, everybody on every team means something and their impact is felt across the board.”
Below is the full list of awardees:
DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Capt. Franklin Carr, USA
JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
Lt. Col. Jimmy Baker, USA
Maj. Randall Sweeney, USA
Maj. Christopher Splichal, USA
MERITORIOUS CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD
Maria Aguayo
Anthony Cosenza
John Cuorato
Anthony D’Ambrosio
Jessica De La Hoz
Roy Dillard
Robin Durie
Rodney Farrell
Gale Furman
Maryann Gaudio
Thomas Grace
Cheryl Haines
Daniel Keefe
Ashley Liddle
Jon Lightner
Ralph Lund
Meghan Michalski
Randall McArthur
Sharon Piecyk
Joseph Szwec
Lauren Vendetti
Michael Wilson
SUPERIOR CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARD
Robert Bailey
Linnette De La Cruz
Allison Eck
Evan Eisenberg
Nicole Franchetti
Lynne Georges
Marko Graham
Christine Hertkorn
Brett Joseph
Mary Martin
Liliana Morales
Helen Newell
Beatrice Lopez-Pollard
Thomas Scariato
Brian Schott
Sara Swanljung
Brittany Tobias
John Weber Joseph Weidenburner
Jared Weissberger
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Craig Bannon
Mary Ann Bickel
Anne Marie Burns
Theresa Kurczyna
Michael Malone
Denise Oxenford
Juan Sanchez
Lisa Shields
Peter Skillings
Maj. Christopher Splichal, USA
Maj. Randall Sweeney, USA
Nathaniel Work
DIRECTORS STRATEGIC GOALS AWARD
Laceenis Fordham
Catherine Kelley
Magda Ratuszny
FIELD GRADE OFFICER OF THE QUARTER
Maj. Alicia Burrows, USA
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Sherri Fitzpatrick
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Maliza Maldonado
40 YEARS OF SERVICE
Kathleen Nolan
Patricia Scott
35 YEARS
Tamara Bookman
Raymond Freda
Constance Haney
Valerie Mitchell
David Thomas
30 YEARS OF SERVICE
Lisa Perry Harley
Robert Hunter
Rhonda Johnson
Garth McBride
George McFall, Jr.
Antionette Ouattara
Donna Raday
Katherine Reynolds
Tammy Worsley
MEDIA AWARD WINNERS
Michael Tuttle
Mikia Muhammad
SPECIAL RECOGNITION – COMMANDER’S COIN
Keith Cochran
Rodney Farrell
Marko Graham
CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FOR
TAKE YOUR DAUGHTERS & SONS TO WORK DAY VOLUNTEERS
Jayne Bailie
Linda Bouie
Michael Bowe
Sarah Bronkhorst
Erline Burns
Lauren Carman
Dylan Carney
Capt. Franklin Carr, USA
Sue Caso-Bolnick
John Charalabidis
Jimmy Colley
Tom Condo
Gerard Corcoran
Greg Davis
Shannon Dempsey
Avril Dickerson
Lisa Diplacido
Shaun Dwyer
Kevin Echelberger
Caroline Fafara
Robert Fagan
Irvin Farmer III
Annie Green Ferguson
John Garbarino
Elaine Gary
Lt. Cdr. Carlos Gomez, USA
SFC Tarah Goodman, USA
Whitney Gould
Michael Anthony Green
Master Sgt. Cynthia Gyening, USA
Elizabeth Haddow
Tracy Hagan
Karen Harris
Janeen Hayes
Ramona Hemphill
Lt. Col. Debra Hernandez, USA
Sgt. Stanley Jackson, USA
Lt. Shervon James, SC, USN
Master Sgt. Antoinette Jones, USA
Jason Kaneshiro
Kristina Keenan
Sharan Khaira
Nancy Knox
Scharita Lacey
Tanya Lawrence
Ashley Liddle
Bryan Lyons
John Martin
Tenisha S. Martin
Lee Massey
Jessica Mazur
Maggie McCann
Kevin McCarrick
Megan McNicholas
Frank Miller
Rebecca Mills
Robin Novak
Vanessa Okulicz-Kozaryn
Roxane Owen
Rosalie Pena
Robert Pineda
Anthony Pizzo
Yvonne Poplawski
Sarah Presley
Sgt. 1st Class Troy Pringle, USA
Keith Pritts
Joseph Reidy
Crystal Robinson
Master Sgt. Woodrow Ruff, USA
Jacqueline Schernecke
Timothy Schmidt
Ryan Schrank
Mark Scott
Alexandra Siemiatkowski
Karen Slevin
Roxane Smith-Paris
Jesaida Zayas Snyder
Maj. Kellie Triplett, USA
Master Sgt. Naka Turner, USA
Michael Tuttle
Inge Updike
Jim Vitrano
Tiffany Watkins
Shahid Wilds
Kalifa Williams
Anna Wilson